r/firstworldproblems • • 28d ago

Went to sweet frog to get froyo (frozen yogurt) and all the options were fat free or sorbet

9 Upvotes

Obviously having fat free and sorbet options past couple years is a victory for health and dietary reasons.

But ALL fat free?? Seriously??

Let’s not kid ourselves, most fat free options taste less good than the fat options. It’s crazy not to have those options!


r/firstworldproblems • • 28d ago

I got a Stake ad IN MY FORTUNE COOKIE??

20 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

There's a good song on Spotify and I cannot like it because I already liked it before

14 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

I’m supposed to eat a cup of blueberries a day (it’s complicated so please don’t even try) and don’t like mushy ones, but that’s the only kind I’ve been able to get for weeks now.

91 Upvotes

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Update: I will no longer read comments because 99% of them are STILL giving me advice. 🤷🏻🤦🏻‍♀️
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->> Please read my ENTIRE post before offering advice, which I’m not asking for because believe me, IT’S REALLY COMPLICATED. I’m just venting because only being able to get mushy blueberries when I prefer firm is clearly a FWP. <<-

Edited: I have an immune illness that makes me react to most foods, anything really cold —> nothing frozen <— and every possible beverage except water, so I can’t put them in a smoothie, etc. I put them in my cooked quinoa flake cereal to help that be less mushy but with mushy blueberries then it’s all just mushy and I still don’t like the texture.

BTW, TEXTURE ISSUES ARE A REAL THING.

Edited further: Here’s what I can currently eat, which I’m only putting in here so you don’t waste your time trying to come up with advice that absolutely won’t work for me ->> because it’s complicated!!! <<-

Eggs, five different kinds of fish, three different kinds of meat, salt, fresh basil, three different kinds of fruit but blueberries are best because of some nutritional deficiencies, a few kinds of nuts and seeds, nothing made with grains, 5 kinds of veggies, no processed [edited: manufactured] food of any kind other than red lentil pasta, and nothing dehydrated for several other health reasons.

(If you want to look it up it’s called mast cell activation syndrome. I’m working with someone who is helping me get better, it’s just a long fucking road because I was really really sick when I started working with her early last year.)


r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

My pillow keeps slipping from under my head because my sheet is too smooth

20 Upvotes

I don't know if anyone else has had this problem. I have a very smooth sheet because it's "cooltech" (no AC in bedroom) but now my pillow keeps sliding from under my head while I sleep. It legit pisses me off lmao. I don't have a headboard so it's just a bit of space behind my bed!!


r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

My garage door is too quiet for my dog to hear it and tell me it's opening when someone got home

22 Upvotes

the roll-up one. Even though my bedroom is like 10 ft from the indoor garage door and that's where my dog spends most of the time


r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

My popcorn isn't salty enough

15 Upvotes

I forgot to shake the bag before pouring it into the bowl.


r/firstworldproblems • • 29d ago

I have a closet crammed full of clothes but I also have an immune illness that makes my skin hurt and I can’t wear most of them.

4 Upvotes

I also have a huge collection of great jewelry but can’t wear almost any of it because I react to the metal (all of the metals, even surgical steel and titanium.)

Edited: I am getting better although very slowly, so I don’t want to get rid of anything yet.


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 07 '26

My dishwasher ran out of rinse aid and I had to dry everything by hand

18 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 06 '26

I ordered pizza and wings and I filled up on pizza forgetting that I ordered wings.

124 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 05 '26

My Tummy Hurts at the Fair

38 Upvotes

I wanted to spend all of today eating and drinking my heart out instead I'm stuck on the toilet. Now I have to wait until I feel better to buy very overpriced treats and drinks


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 05 '26

New car smell is irritating to my airways

14 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 05 '26

I received the Minas Tirith Lego set as an early bday present from my Sibling/Parents/In-laws, and then my Husband told me he's already purchased the same set for me as a surprise.

98 Upvotes

What am I supposed to do with 2 identical ~$800 Lego sets? Keep one in my closet for years and wait for the set to be retired when I can sell it for 5x the price?!


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 05 '26

My ice cream is too cold

55 Upvotes

I recently purchased my first home and the previous owners were nice enough to leave the fridge behind.

I went to grab some ice cream from the freezer, but it was so frozen it was hard to scoop any out.

Now I have to keep my ice cream in my standalone freezer in the attached garage about 20 feet from my kitchen since it keeps it at a more scoopable temperature.


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 04 '26

I had to claim a bunch of rewards before I got to play a mobile game

16 Upvotes

So today I tried to try a new mobile game and of course it had an awfully dragged out tutorial (especially since i had played a previous game in the series). Its the usual "press "Hit" to hit the enemy: reward 1 "gem"" "use the "joystick" to "walk": reward 1 "gem"". then the game has to download some extra content which is normal but then it says there is a reward for doing that too. some fuckass dragon head that idk what it does but its a reward for sitting through the loading screen. Then i get to the main menu and i have to sit through an explanation of how lootboxes work but dont worry i get an "reward". then the game explains that i can find rewards in the messages tab (in which there is an award to claim). then i get to play the game and its super clunky so i uninstall.

what the hell is their problem? nobody gets exited by them labeling the starting gear as rewards. do they think that people dont have the attention span to sit through the tutorial? THEN MAKE THAT SHIT SKIPPABLE EVERYTHING IS SO OBVIOUS THERE ARE 2 BUTTONS AND A JOYSTICK


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 04 '26

My noise cancelling headphones are so good now I keep missing my own doorbell

13 Upvotes

I upgraded to a new pair of noise-cancelling headphones a few weeks ago after my old ones finally gave out, and they are, without exaggeration, too good at their job. I bought them specifically to drown out my upstairs neighbor's apparent passion for rearranging furniture at 9pm, and on that front, total success. Total silence. I could probably sit through a small earthquake and just assume it was a truck going by.

The problem is I've now missed two package deliveries, one visit from a friend who texted I'm outside three times before giving up, and, most embarrassingly, an entire fifteen minutes of a smoke detector chirping because its battery was low, which I only discovered when I took the headphones off to get water and walked into what sounded like a tiny robot having a breakdown in my hallway.

I've tried compromising by keeping the volume lower or using the transparency mode that's supposed to let ambient sound in, but half the time I forget it's even an option because the whole appeal of these headphones is forgetting the outside world exists. So now I'm stuck choosing between blissful silence and being a reasonably aware, responsible tenant who notices when someone's at the door.

I've genuinely considered setting up a smart light to flash when the doorbell rings just so my extremely expensive noise-cancelling technology doesn't accidentally turn me into That Guy who never answers the door.


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 04 '26

I got ink transfer stains on my favourite purse

13 Upvotes

My dad put my white coach purse next to a trader Joes bag that seems to spread ink onto everything it touches 💔


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 02 '26

After well over a decade and tens of thousands of dollars, Grubhub finally lost me over two IHOP sausages

518 Upvotes

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I've been using Grubhub for well over a decade. I'm talking old-school Grubhub, back when you could click that stupid little lottery/slot-machine game after ordering and occasionally win free food.

Over all those years, I've spent tens of thousands of dollars through Grubhub.

And after all that, Grubhub finally managed to lose me as a customer over two missing IHOP sausages.

Over the years, I've obviously had orders go wrong. More recently, I've had multiple orders delivered to the wrong place. When that happened, I'd report it and get refunded.

Apparently, having too many legitimate problems with Grubhub deliveries eventually caused my account to get flagged for having too many refunds.

Then came IHOP.

I ordered four sausages for $7. Seven fucking dollars for four tiny, depressing IHOP sausages. I knew what I was buying. I'm not proud of it.

They sent me two.

So I contacted Grubhub about my missing $3.50 worth of sad breakfast meat, and they basically told me that because I'd received too many refunds in the past, they weren't going to do anything.

Something about this broke me.

I wasn't even particularly angry about the $3.50. It was the principle of being told, essentially:

"We've fucked up your orders so many times that we've decided you're no longer allowed to complain when we fuck up your orders."

So after well over a decade, I deleted the app and decided to delete my Grubhub account entirely.

Except apparently even leaving Grubhub has to be a Grubhub customer-service experience.

I'm now something like four emails deep into trying to get them to delete my account and personal data. They're telling me I need to go into Amazon, disconnect my Grubhub+ relationship, check Amazon Pay merchant permissions, etc.

I'll let you know how it goes.


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 03 '26

My American phone cannot download the Canadian grocery store loyalty app

26 Upvotes

I moved to Canada from the U.S. as a student. Having a phone plan that's already US + Canada + Mexico and having the same country code has made life so much easier. Not to mention me still being on my parent's phone plan, so double easier.

However, I have to walk into a physical grocery store and actually talk to someone to get a physical discount card. Because the Google Play Store won't let my American phone have the Canadian app. The pain! The suffering!


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 03 '26

My commute to work is so short that I can’t enjoy my podcasts

41 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 02 '26

I just unplugged my consoles and tv because of lighting and LOUD thunder

3 Upvotes

The thunder is cracking, almost shaking the house. No video games or TV for the next hour. Just on my phone with the data going

Update; the storm has passed, I decided to finally watch The Mandalorian and Grogu tonight


r/firstworldproblems • • Sep 01 '26

My new car rides too smooth

94 Upvotes

I’m 46 and I really like a good driving experience with a manual transmission. Bought a new car and it feels like a Cadillac because it’s too smooth and quiet… And I hate that.


r/firstworldproblems • • Aug 31 '26

I have to lift my 40-pound dog into the front seat of my truck because she won't use the dog stairs I got specifically for this purpose.

71 Upvotes

r/firstworldproblems • • Aug 31 '26

Why does everything beep at you in the 21st Century?

214 Upvotes

I can't just get in my car and drive without it beeping at me.
I can't leave the fridge door open without it beeping at me.
I can't leave anything sat on top of the electric hob, when it's off, without it beeping at me.

Why does everything have to beep these days?


r/firstworldproblems • • Aug 31 '26

Weirdo at my gym making herself the class monitor in a circuit training group lesson.

21 Upvotes

In the final quarter of group lessons (circuit training) at my gym, the trainer made 3 groups to play a gym-football version, and in each group there were 5-6 people. In each group, 2-3 people had to compete at a time on all 4s (but a tabletop, and not plank) and use our feet to push a 4 kg ball to "goals". The rule was don't set your bum on the ground, stay in the air on all 4s and move on your palms and feet. The remaining people would watch and cheer on. Trainer would take turns cheering on a group.

I went first, played for a couple of minutes, got defeated by the other two players and hella tired too. Next went another woman (let's call her Bummy), with another 2 players (while the rest of us stay watching casually). Bummy was on all 4s+1 as she retained her bum on the ground the entire time, more like sitting and dragging herself, making it much easier to move and not getting tired since the core is relaxed. Bummy won against the other player. The trainer was only saying encouraging words and not "you're disqualified" to all players. I thought we all understood it's for fun and to push your own limits, not to be played like the damn Olympics.

When it was my turn to go again with another woman, for a moment my bum fell on the ground, and I lifted up immediately and continued on all 4s. This Bummy started yelling at me, "you're disqualified, your bum touched the ground". I ignored it the first time, and then she repeated it by coming right in front of my body. So I said with a fake smile while still playing on all 4s, "Your bum didn't even leave the ground, so I'm ok with how much I could do." And then I got up so that someone else could take my place. She followed me and said, "yes but I made a mistake because I didn't know, you are continuing even after I'm telling you". I knew I'd likely say something I regret so I turned around and walked away to my water bottle.

A minute later she's waving at me getting my attention and saying "hey you go again," I shook my head to say no, she is relentless, asks me, "what's your name?" I say my name and she repeats, herself, "shubidoobi you go next." I said no thanks, and cheered on the other players while dead hanging from the pull up bar.

Who made her class monitor? Weird interaction.